O. Straus is undoubtedly Oscar Straus, of the family which controlled Macy’s Department Store by the 1910s. Oscar was the younger brother of Isador Straus who went down with the Titanic. He was the first Jewish cabinet member, serving as Secretary of Commerce and Labor under President Theodore Roosevelt from 1906-1909. Not surprising that he was hanging with TR, Jr. at whatever event this photo depicts.”

We’re also looking forward to introducing search across The Commons (coming soon!), and we thought it might be nice to add a few links to The Commons around the site (oops!). There is a ton of interest in the Commons program from libraries and museums all over the world, so we’re in the midst of planning new releases into the coming months. Yay!

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Grant Kaye has been surrounded by photography since he was a toddler. Born in Hawai'i and based in Truckee, California, he followed in his father’s footsteps and went into photography at an early age.

“Dad taught me how to use his medium format camera system, and eventually 35mm while I was in high school in the 1990s. I was always carrying around a camera in college and grad school, but I was mostly taking snapshots and not really seriously studying the art of landscape photography,” he said.

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